we welcome your ideas, your energy and your enthusiasm. >> the first caucus in history when the history of civilized government to have a majority of women and minorities in the caucus. you can applaud that. [ applause ] >> after january swearing in they'll have the first bisexual women, the first hindu from hawaii and the first asian-american woman in the senate. that's just a fraction of the firsts. the freshman class have more democrats than republicans, are 20 fewer than the last and still have six unresolved seats. orientation is two weeks long. that's an indication of what jimmy stewart's character lorned in the 1939 classic "mr. smith goes to washington." the hours can be long and the political battles, chris, exhausting, as you know. >> any "time" you can bring in jimmy stewart. >> i had to. i'm a sucker for that. >> thanks so much, richard and that wraps up this hour of "jansing and company." i'm chris jansing. thomas roberts is up next. good morning, thomas. >> good morning to you. good morning, everybody. agenda next hour, the president prepping for his first news conference